Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science
March 18, 2013
May 8-10, 2013 | San Antonio, TX Are you a Health Professional or Educator who wishes to improve patient safety through interprofessional teamwork? The Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice is hosting a TeamSTEPPS® Master Training Workshop May 8-10, 2013. TeamSTEPPS® is an evidence-based comprehensive teamwork training system designed to improve quality and safety in healthcare, and […]
March 14, 2013
With your comments and suggestion, the list of journals has been updated. Keep the suggestions coming in!! Fueled by the discussions of the CTSA Nursing Special Interest Group (SIG), the ISRN published the Blog post Where to Publish Your Results… What’s Your Opinion? asking for YOUR opinion about ‘where to publish manuscripts’ in the emerging fields […]
March 11, 2013
Network News is a quarterly newsletter designed to connect you to the emerging Improvement Science Research Network (ISRN)—the first nationwide collaboration of clinical and academic leaders devoted to generating a robust science to accelerate quality improvement in hospital patient care. Printer Friendly March 2013 Newsletter PDF Note from the Director At your request, Live the ISRN Mission goes […]
March 1, 2013
National Patient Safety Awareness Week On Monday, we were proud to announce the ISRN’s involvement with the National Patient Safety Awareness Week. We also mentioned that we were partnering with the Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation in a national effort to raise awareness about safe care. In this blog post we would like to […]
March 1, 2013
February 13, 2013
We can make a difference! The ISRN membership represents hospitals and universities across the nation. Members of the ISRN can make a difference. In an effort to raise awareness and encourage the engagement of patients, families, healthcare providers, and the public, the ISRN and the Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation have joined the national effort to raise awareness […]
February 6, 2013
QUESTION: In what journals can articles on translational science, quality improvement initiatives, dissemination and implementation research, delivery systems science and other emerging healthcare fields be published? Through this BLOG, the ISRN, fueled by discussions of the CTSA Nursing Special Interest Group (SIG), invites YOUR thinking about ‘where to publish manuscripts’ in the emerging fields of translational […]
January 29, 2013
During the inaugural Improvement Science Summit, Dr. Carolyn Clancy* spoke of the challenges that face improvement science, particularly the difficulty of integrating evidence into clinical practice. In her keynote address Dr. Clancy stated that “research will not yield improvement unless research results are adopted and hardwired into practice.’’ Three years later we still recognize the […]
January 23, 2013
“The challenge for us and regulatory boards is to ask the key questions when we examine our studies to determine whether we go to IRB1” Dr. Christine A. Goeschel. The above quote from Dr. Goeschel addresses an important issue faced by clinical and research scientists studying healthcare improvement. Research is defined in the Code of […]
January 16, 2013
Partnership between clinicians and scientists raises the clinical relevance and rigor of research on improvement strategies. Through collaborative efforts the priorities of clinicians are served by the evolving research enterprise as we evaluate improvement strategies for uptake and sustainment. Unfortunately collaboration does not come easily as silos exist in healthcare. In a previous article for […]